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gu6chan · 20 hours ago

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work related question does anyone have any fun anime for likely 12-14 year olds that to their ulta-conservative conspiracy theory parents would have no objectionable content whatsoever that's not like . pokemon. i live in the most conservative area in michigan btw /hj

#gu6chan's musings #tl;dr so idk if i ever mentioned on this blog but i live in a very small town (less than 900 people in the TOWNSHIP which is like #...3? different towns? maybe 4)#i digress #and since i work in a public position its like #i've been trying to organise more community events this summer ESPECIALLY among the youth #and was like 'we can try appealing to hobbies; i think' and listed a couple suggestions like this and that #so i was talking to my higher ups about it and they were like 'OH! youre super into anime right'#and i was like 'uh... sure???' bc i hadn't seen ANYTHING in a hot second and am still stuck in 2008 so i dont know any new series #but they knew i was a bit of a nerd and weren't as acquainted being older so i can't blame them!! lol #anyways long story short there's been an anime club they've been trying to kickstart for like the last... 3 years?#for the local middleschool/highschool except they haven't been able to find any way to get the word accross #and i was like neato; cool; i'd love to help with that!! and told them i'd make a poster for it real quick (still haven't. work is tomorrow #so they gave me the login to crunchyroll (my first time using it) and were like 'go find some anime that kids might like!!! :)'#and i was like '...WOAH.' and told them it'd take a second bc this area is VERY conservative and there's a bit of cultural dissonance when #it comes to 'kid-appropriate' between japan and the US; particularly with nudity lmao #and a lot of even what's popular among kids (Chainsaw man; Jujutsu Kaisen i think?) wouldn't fly but ouaahahhgh #it still has to be entertaining to them and not feel like it's being 'dumbed down' i have a couple ideas like sailor moon; uhh....#cardcaptor sakura?#but those are mostly shoujo anime which is good!! But i'd also like to include some shounen-type stuff as well for balance ofc #and that's where the problem arises 😭 i'd also love to take a look at older anime since i'm still figuring out what the 'goal' of the club #is besides just having a place for kids to interact and make friends with each other like #do i want it to be based in looking at the history of anime as an art form and its evolution? should it be like a book club and more focuse #on discussing character arcs and writing? or maybe even linguistically based since I did mention wanting to help inspire kids to take up #different languages!! and i know a lot would love to learn japanese #but yeah a lot to figure out 😭 i might be cooked chat

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